Dress-waist pattern.



L. S. BRAINERD.

DRESS WAIST PATTERN.

APPLICA1ION FILED sP|.30,1914.

1,21 9,234. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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DRESS-WAIST PATTERN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1914. Serial No. 864,351.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, LURA S. BRAINERD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Dress-Waist Pattern, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices employed for determining the shape to be given to different pieces, composing a garment, as a dress waist, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a device of this class that shall be extremely simple in construction and operation and that shall not require special skill in its use.

One form of device'embodying my invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which The figure is a plan view of apattern embodying my invention, this showing the front of the pattern arranged for cutting the front of a waist, and with other parts of the pattern folded and arrangedto permit use of the front of the pattern.

The different parts composing my improved pattern embody the same features to a greater or lesser degree, and as the part constituting the front of the pattern embraces my invention, I have selected this for the purpose of illustration and description herein, the other parts of the patternbeing shown in a folded state to illustrate the relationship of the different parts of the pattern,

one to another.

This front is composed of a series of blades 567 8.9, made from any suit-' able material, as thin strong card board, these blades being connected at their ends by a pivot 10 and tapering from a narrower 1 dimension at the pivot to a wider dimension at the outer end, the outer ends of the blades as a whole being shapedto the form of that edge of the pattern represented by the ends. For instance,,theends of the blades 5, 6, and

; 7 are of the form' of the seam 11 between the front and back, the edge of the blade 5 being of the form of the bottom 12 of the pattern. A part of the ends of the blades 7 and 8 are of the form of the armscye 13, a part of the ends of the blades 8 and 9 being in the form 'the pivot 10,"the

of the shoulder seam 14, and a part of the Patented Mar. 13, 191 '7. 7

blade 9 being also in the form of a portion ofthejneck 15." These blades overlap one another and are joined by a flexible connection 16 arranged in any suitable manner, as herein shown this connection passing through an opening in each blade, lying partially upon each side, and being secured as by pins 17.

The front edge of the pattern in its largest imension is denoted by the line 18, the boundary of the pattern in its largest dimension being denoted by the lines 12, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 18. In order to' adapt the pattern to the cutting of a garment of different sizes at the waistline I provide a number of Waist sizing blades 19, arranged similarly to the blades composing the main part of the pattern, that is, these blades are tapered from a narrow dimension at the top to a wider dimension at the bottom and are united by a pivot 20 at the top and by a flexible connection 21 at a point intermediate their ends. These blades overlap one another and one overlaps the body of the pattern, so that they may be moved to a position to entirely underlie the main part of the pattern. A plait blade 22 is hinged to the outer blade 19,-this plait blade being used when a garment having a plait is to be cut, in which case the blade is disposed in the position shown in the figure. When this is not to be used it is folded underneath, Whether the edge 19 be the front of the garment or the edge denoted by the line 23.

In order to vary the shape of the, arm scye, I provide an arm scye blade 24 pivotally connected to the blade 8 at 25, and likewise inorder to vary the shape of the neck, a neck blade 26 is pivotally. connected at 27 to the blade 9.

In order that a pattern may be complete the several parts are attached together as by back and a sleeve being herein shown as thus connected, this back 28 being of a construction similar to that hereinabove described and 7 consisting of blades 29-30, corresponding to the blades 8 and 9 of the front, the blade 29 being joined by sizing blades 31 similar to the blades 19 of the front but pivoted at the bottom in stead of at the top and upon thepivot 1 A plait blade 32 is hinged to the sizing blades in the same manner as shown and described with respect to the blade 22. The blades of this back corresponding with the blades 5, 6, and 7 in the front are folded underneath and do not shOW. These blades, it will be understood, may be less in number or narrower in width, in order to provide for the reduced size of the back as compared with the front. The blades composing the sleeve section 33 are mounted upon the pivot 10 and likewise the blades to form the collar or neck band may be supported upon this same pivot, these parts however being similarly constructed to the parts hereinbefore described, further and detailed description is deemed unnecessary herein.

While I have shown and described herein a satisfactory arrangement of members embodying my idea, these may be departed from to a greater or lesser degree and yet be within the spirit and intent of the invention.

In order to produce different sizes of garments from this pattern, I make a series of lines of perforations 34, each line of perforations representing a size. As shown herein these represent sizes from 32 to 4:4: as the sizes are designated in garments of this kind, the boundary of the pattern being intended for producing a waist of the size ea. By producing the lines in tracing through the perforations the smaller sizes may be obtained.

While I have illustrated my invention herein in connection with dress waists it will be understood that it is applicable to any description of pattern.

I claim- 1'. A pattern composed of a number of blades pivotally united at one end and having their edges diverging from said pivot, the outer ends of the blades collectively being formed to the shape of the side seam, arm scye, the shoulder and the neck of a garment, and means for flexibly attaching said blades together.

2. A pattern composed of a number of blades pivotally united at one end and having their edges diverging from said pivot, the side edges of the outer blades being formed to the shape of the bottom and front edge of a waist, and the ends of said blades being formed to the shape of the side,.arm

seye, shoulder and neck of a waist, and means for flexibly uniting said blades. I

3. A pattern composed of different sections pivotally united, a plurality of said sections being each composed of a plurality of blades, the blades in each section being mounted on a common pivot, means to permit a relative disposition of the blades in different positions, and means for flexibly uniting the blades.

4. A pattern composed of sections pivotally united, a plurality of said sections being each composed of a plurality of blades pivotally united by the pivot joining the sections, and means for flexibly uniting the blades of each section. 7

5. A pattern including a number of blades pivotally united at one end, one of said blades having sizing blades located at one edge and pivotally connected thereto at the opposite end, the edges of said blades diverging from said pivot to the opposite end, and means for flexibly uniting said blades. 6. A pattern composed of a body part with sizing blades pivotally connected at one end and having their edgesdiverging from said pivot to the opposite end, means for flexibly uniting the blades, and'a plait' blade foldably connected to the edge of the sizing blades.

7. A pattern consistingof a body part composed of blades pivotally united at one end and havingtheir edges'diverging from said pivot to the outer ends that are formed to the desired shape of the garment, means for flexibly connecting said blades, sizing blades ing their edges diverging from 'said pivot V to the outer ends that are formed to the desired shape of a garment, and means for. movably connecting said blades together at adistance from said pivots.

10. A pattern composed of a number of blades pivotally united at one end and having their edges diverging from said pivot to the outer ends that are formed to the de sired shape of the garment, and means for connecting the blades at a distance from said pivot to permit them to slide upon and overlie one another. Y

11. A pattern composed of anumber of blades pivotally united at one end, 'each of the blades having its opposite'edges' diverg-q ing from said pivot, the outer ends of the blades collectively being formed to the de sired shape of a'garment, and means for movablyand slidably connecting said blades together at a distance from said :pivot. V

12. A pattern composed of a number of blades pivotally united at one end and having their edges diverging from said pivot, the side edges of the outer blade being formed to the shape of the bottom and front edge of a waist, and means for movably connecting the blades to slide one upon another.

13. A waist pattern composed of a body slide one upon another at the opposite end with sizing blades pivotally connected therefor waist sizing purposes. to at the top and at one edge and having their edges diverging from said pivot to the LURA BRAINERD' opposite end, said blades being movable on Witnesses:

said pivot and otherwise immovable and A. E. OBRmN,

means for movably connecting the blades to E. F. EATON.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the fcommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

